Golf club cover



Jan. 29, 1957 c. E. CLARK cow CLUB COVER Filed Sept. 28, 1954 GM will]? I.

Jan. 29, 1957 c. E. CLARK 2,779,374

GOLF CLUB COVER Filed Sept. 28, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 United States Patent GOLF CLUB COVER Clarence E. Clark, Chicago, Ill.

Application September 28, 1954, Serial No. 458,781

2 Claims. (Cl. 150-52) The present invention relates to a golf club cover of a type requiring a minimum of material and labor in its manufacture.

Heretofore golf club covers have been available in various designs. Some of the earlier golf club covers constituted knitted mits. Other golf club covers have enrployed elastic, either arranged internally in the cover or arranged to shirr a portion of the cover. Still other golf club covers have employed hookless fasteners or zippers so that the cover would conform to the configuration of the club and remain in place during transportation of the clubs. One of the problems heretofore encountered has been the one of keeping the golf club covers in position when the golf bag and clubs were being transported, particularly in the trunk of an automobile.

In accordance with the present invention it is contemplated to provide an improved golf club cover having a minimum of material and requiring little labor in its manufacture, and yet having the inherent characteristic of being retained in position on a golf club due to its configuration which generally conforms to the golf club shape.

It, therefore, is an object of the present invention to provide an improved golf club cover formed of a minimum number of pieces of material.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved golf club cover which will remain in position without the use of cords, elastic or hookless fasteners.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an improved golf club cover having a. club conforming configuration which, however, is simple and economical to manufacture.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved golf club cover having an extruded plastic piping which seals the seam.

Other and further objects of the invention subsequently will become apparent by reference to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the golf club cover in use;

:Figure 2 is a cross-section through the cover of Figure 1 showing the club in position;

Figure 3 is a detail view of the stitching of the seam of the cover;

Figure 4 is a view of the material parts of the cover;

Figure 5 is a side view of the cover before it is turned outside out; and

Figure 6 is a rear view of the cover shown in Figure 5.

Referring to the drawings there is shown a golf club cover in Figures 1 and 2 on the head of a golf club 11. The cover comprises a front member 12, a back memher 13 and a single side member 14. The seams of the cover are sealed by an extruded plastic piping 15 shown in detail in Figure 3. The plastic piping serves as ornamentation as well as sealing the seam so as to prevent dirt and moisture from entering it.

The component material parts of the cover are shown in Figure 4, from which it will be seenthat the front and B on each of the legs of the side member 14.

As is customary in laying out patterns for material to be sewn into a unitary structure, notches are suitably provided for guiding the formation of the seam. It will e noted that each of the longer edges of the M-like shaped member is stitched to one of the keyhole shaped members 12 and 13. When so stitched together with the piping material 15, there is formed a cover such as shown in Figure 5 with the inside surfaces on the outside.

It will be noted from Figures 1, 2, 5 and 6 that the upper portion of the side member 14 for the distance C corresponds generally to a portion of a cylindrical surface limited at its end edges by two slightly curved front and rear surfaces 12 and 13 that intersect said cylindrical surface. Thus it is possible to visualize in Figure 5 that the curved front member 12 determines the curvature of the adjacent end edge of the curved cylindrical surface 14, whereas the curved rear member 13 defines a different curvature for the opposite end edge of the cylindrical surface 14. When the cover is turned outside out, it assumes a configuration which generallyconforms to the configuration of the golf club as is apparent from Figure 2.

There is formed in the vicinity of D a constricted portion which has an internal dimension just sufficient to receive a golf club head. Thus a little effort is required to frictionally move the cover onto the club head, whereupon the friction decreases and the cover has a tendency to remain in position.

Preferably the cover is made of leather or similar ma terial. The covers may be ornamented by a suitable design member 17 and an appropriate numeral 18 sewn onto the front member 12.

While it has been stated that the cover preferably is made of leather or similar material, it is possible to employ a plastic sheet material for the members 12, 13 and 14. Preferably the sheet material in that case would be one which would be of the same material as the piping 15, so that the stitching could be performed by heat. Such stitching, of course, is well known in the art, and in the present case would then provide a completely water tight seam. Prior to turning the outside out on the completed device, as shown in Figure 5, the inner surfaces then would be coated with a flock. The flocking would serve as a protective surface for engaging the head of the golf club, and further would provide a desired degree of friction tending to retain the golf club cover in position.

While for the purpose of illustrating and describing the present invention a preferred construction has been illustrated in the drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is to be limited only by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A leather golf club cover formed from two leather pieces each having a keyhole like shape when lying flat, and a third leather piece having a sinuous M-shape when lying fiat so as to provide leg portions tapering in width from the center of the piece toward the end edges of said legs, each of said keyhole shaped pieces having all but one end edge stitched by a single seam to one of the longer edge portions of said third piece, said one edge of each keyhole shaped piece and said end edges of said legs being aligned and delineating an entrance opening of said cover, a closed end portion of said cover extending angularly with respect to that portion adjacent the opening thereof.

pering inwidth from the center of the piece toward the 0 end edges of said legs, each of said keyhole shaped pieces,

having all but one end edge stitched by: a single seamv to one of the longer edge portions of said third piece, thereby causing the surface of one keyhole shaped piece at all points to be at an angle to the surface of the other keyhole. shaped piece so that the closed end portion of said cover extends at an angle with respect to that portion adjacent the opening thereof formed by the end edges of said keyhole shaped pieces and the, end edges of said legs, whereby said cover generally conforms to the configuration of a golf club head.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS D. 85,114 Rodgers Sept. 15, 1931 2,422,245 Lauretti June 17, 1947 2,532,195 Rosenow et a1 Nov. 28, 1950 

